''Neenello Nanalle'' () is 2006 Indian

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directed by

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, and is a remake of the

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'' (2005). It stars Vishnuvardhan, Aniruddh and

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in pivotal roles.

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and

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feature in supporting roles. The title of the film comes from a track of the same name of the 1982 Kannada film ''

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'' (1989) and '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'' (1998). Upon theatrical release, the film was received well by critics, who mainly praised the performances. The film was a box office success.

Plot

Santosh ( Aniruddh) is a rich, city boy, born to billionaire parents and brought up in London. On the other hand, Siri (

)is a traditional, simple desi girl from Karnataka who is brought up by her only brother, Veera ( Vishnuvardhan). He is heartbroken when their father marries another woman and throws them out of the house, humiliating them on the way. Their mother dies and her tomb is built on the small land which they own until the zamindar tells them that it is his land, since their mother had taken a loan from the man. Veera volunteers to work day and night, to pay off the loan as long as they don't tear down his mother's tomb. The Zamindar agrees and the local station master helps them. Veera and Siri grow up. One day, Lalitha, Siri's best friend invites Siri to their house as she is getting married. Lalitha's cousin, Santosh also arrives on the same day with his mother, Janaki (

). Slowly Santosh and Siri fall in love but Janaki does not approve as Siri is not rich. She wants Santosh to marry her brother's business partner's daughter Dolly. Janaki humiliates Siri as well as Veera, who arrives there and both are thrown out of the house after Janaki accuses them of trying to entice and trap Santosh. When Santosh learns of this, he goes to Siri's house and pleads with her brother to accept him. Veera gives him a chance, just like he was given a chance by the Zamindar when he was little. Santosh is tasked to take care of the cows, clean up after them and grow more crops than Veera by the end of the season; if he does not, Santosh will be thrown out of the village and can never see Siri again. The Zamindar and his son are not happy as the Zamindar's son wanted to marry Siri. With them and Dolly and her father trying to get Santosh to lose the competition, Santosh has to work hard for his love, eating red chillies and rice everyday, even though he can't bear it. Through many antics from the Zamindar's side and Dolly's side, Santosh eventually proves his love for Siri to Veera, and succeeds in growing more grains. However the Zamindar kidnap Siri and then his son tries to rape her. A fight takes place in which Santosh kills the Zamindar's son. Veera, realizing that Santosh and Siri should be together, takes the blame for this and spends 5 years in prison. The movie ends with Veera's release from prison which is also when Siri and Santosh get married, in everyone's presence. Janaki then accepts Siri as her daughter-in-law.

Cast

* Vishnuvardhan as Veera * Aniruddh as Santosh *

as Siri *

as Santosh's father *

as Santosh's mother *

* Komal * Ruchitha Prasad *

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as Jayaprakash *

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in a special appearance

Soundtrack

Ramesh Krishna scored the film's background music and music for its soundtrack reusing all tunes from original Telugu film, with its lyrics penned by

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. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks. It was released in the form of

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s and CDs in June 2006 in

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. Except "Onti Hakki", all other tunes were reused from original.

Track listing

References

{{Dinesh Baboo Indian romantic comedy films Kannada remakes of Telugu films 2006 films 2000s Kannada-language films Films directed by Dinesh Baboo 2006 romantic comedy films Films scored by Ramesh Krishna